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In Reply to: RE: New MHZS CD88H on the way posted by Rockethead26 on June 02, 2015 at 06:02:46
After 50+ hours of "on" time and another 6 hours of listening today including Nicola Benedetti (Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto), Diana Krall (The Look of Love), Boston Baroque (Brandenburg Concertos 1-3), Hiromi (The Voice), John Coltrane (The Very Best Of) and Linda Ronstadt (Hummin' To Myself), these are my findings.
1) I am extremely happy that I bought this player.
2) I quit having to really listen for differences between the MHZS and the Yamaha about 3 hours ago. They became as obvious as a slap in the face.
3) Wider, deeper sound stage.
4) More presence to every type of music.
5) Cleaner separation of instruments.
6) Tighter bass.
7) Improvement of high frequency detail.
8) Sharper attack on percussion like drums and piano.
9) More organic woodwinds and piano.
10) Absolute magic on Diana Krall's and Linda Ronstadt's voices and John Coltrane's tenor sax.
11) Foot tapping and head bobbing were unavoidable with the MHZS.
Now, I am comparing the MHZS to a $400 Yamaha player, so I don't know who else would benefit from this upgrade, but I can see why some have said that it waaay outperforms its class. I have never heard a high-end ($2000-$4000) CD player, so I have nothing else to compare it to. My original one was a 1992 Philips player that died in 2010, leading me to a quick purchase of the Yamaha. This was before I had upgraded my entire system.
This is exactly what I was missing with my current CD playback system and I'm glad I avoided the tubed preamp solution which many here suggested would be the wrong move. Depending on the CD recording (I used good ones here), this sounds damn good, real damn good!
I'll end with this: I was listening to Linda's song "Hummin' to Myself" right before I came to my office to write this and I found myself with a big fat smile on my face while listening to her.
Highly recommended!!!
Follow Ups:
Congrats!
Honestly, its comparison with the Yamaha is not fair (Yamaha is not a Cary or Ayre or even a Shanling player).
You are right, it's time to stop comparing and start enjoying the music.
You are correct, but at the beginning, I only knew that I was always unhappy listening to CD's. It was a comparison out of necessity.
All I know now is that the MHZS is a damn fine $1000 CD player. I have no idea how it would compare to more expensive players, but I bet it would hold its own to a few. Someone else will have to do that comparo.
I also agree that it's time to enjoy the music.
Rocket-
how did you go about choosing this spinner compared to the others ?
Hi,
I simply wanted an affordable tube based CD player. The well reviewed Jolida JD100A was no longer available, so I was looking at the Yaqin line. I wasn't particularly thrilled with the looks of the unit and I was confused with the fact that there were two "current" models the 33A and the 35A which seemed identical except for the way the CD pas placed in the player.
I came across the references to the MHZS player and Lampizator's rather nasty review of the "F" model. Although he didn't agree with the overall design and the company's business practices, he admitted that it sounded pretty darn good and it ended up on his 10 best list.
I could only find a few other reviews which were pretty basic, but they were all very positive.
I liked the looks of the MHZS player better than the Yaqin. I liked that it had coax and optical outputs if I would later decide to use the player as a transport only and I liked the fact that it used 12AX7 tubes for the signal processing because that's what my EAR phono stage uses and I have a good supply of excellent tubes to play with. I also liked that it used tubes for rectification and voltage control, although I admit that I don't know if they offer real advantages or not.
It seemed like MHZS was making improvements in newer models since Lampizator's review. I thought it weird that the MHZS label does not Google as a company name. It would be a gamble, but the eBay seller that I decided on seemed to be reputable.
I thought it worth the gamble and I am quite happy that I went for it. If the unit fails, well then that's another story, but I see no reason to believe that it will last less time than any other well made player.
Excellent- keep me posted as you break-in this spinner.
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